Meir Rosenne

Meir Rosenne survived the persecution of Jews in Romania and reached Palestine with his family in 1944. He studied in Paris, joined the Foreign Ministry in 1953, and became a specialist in international law. As the ministry's legal adviser he helped draft the disengagement agreements after the 1973 war, the Camp David accords, and the peace treaty with Egypt. Elyakim Rubinstein recalled their close work with Aharon Barak on the texts at Camp David. ^{1, 2}

After an embassy in France, Rosenne served in Washington from 1983 to 1987. His deputy Rubinstein described an embassy navigating competing foreign policy approaches within Israel's coalition government while maintaining contacts with Congress, the administration, and the Soviet ambassador. Rosenne subsequently led Israel Bonds, returned to legal practice, taught international law, and remained active in Jewish legal organizations. ^{2, 1}